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_Application.DDEInitiate(String, String) Method

Definition

Opens a DDE channel to an application.

public:
 int DDEInitiate(System::String ^ App, System::String ^ Topic);
public int DDEInitiate (string App, string Topic);
Public Function DDEInitiate (App As String, Topic As String) As Integer

Parameters

App
String

Required String. The application name.

Topic
String

Required String. Describes something in the application to which you're opening a channel — usually a document of that application.

Returns

Remarks

If successful, the DDEInitiate method returns the number of the open channel. All subsequent DDE functions use this number to specify the channel.

Applies to